The West, Syria and Libya

The article, http://english.pravda.ru/opinion/columnists/19-01-2012/120282-west_syria-0/, is from a Russian site and provides an interesting view on the western participation in both the Syrian and Libyan revolutions.  The article compares the involvement of western media and militaries in the uprisings and does not look at such involvement positively.

In the article, the author accuses western media of being biased on their reports on the uprisings.  He also says that the internet is behind the biased reports and removes articles and blogs of opposing views.  The author feels that the western media was just creating unconfirmed stories and showing images to tug at the heartstrings of viewers.  He even accuses Al-Jazeera of biased reporting and says that they are "credible as the scrawlings of a demented simpleton on the walls of a football stadium."


The author goes on to criticize the US military involvement in the uprisings.  He says the at the US are "massing troops in Malta, while it sends in waves of marines to be shot down by snipers."  Being that this report is on the site named after a soviet newspaper from the days of the USSR, I am inclined to take everything written with a grain of salt, the same way it seems he approaches western media.  However accurate the article is or is not, it is interesting for me to see an article on the US's foreign involvement from a Russian's point of view.  Although, in my opinion, the fact that the article is available for reading contradicts some of the authors claims of western censorship.